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March 1102, and Robert de Belleme, the Black Earl of Shrewsbury, is summoned to seem sooner than King Henry's Easter court docket, to reply to for siding with the King's older brother, the Duke of Normandy, in an try to thieve the King's throne.

Meanwhile, within the crowded and unsafe streets of Southwark, south of the river Thames, Crusader Knights Sir Geoffrey Mappestone and the hearty Sir Roger of Durham witness a guy murdered by way of putting from the window of the Crusader's fingers resort. yet this isn't simply any guy, he's the illegitimate nephew of Robert de Belleme, and had it sounds as if been keeping a gathering with mysterious males. in reality, it seems the lodge has been used for plenty of conferences of the earl's spies, and there are plans afoot to acquire a negative weapon to take advantage of opposed to the King, person who the Crusader Knights have in mind with a bad worry from the Siege of Jerusalem Greek Fire.

Solving the homicide is just step one in uncovering the plot opposed to the King.

DCI Paul Stark discovers that the sour legacy of WWI casts an extended shadow within the moment of this interesting historic secret sequence. London, 1921. Lord Johnny Fairfax has been came upon useless in his examine, in addition to a moment sufferer, a mysterious American who arrived unannounced the former night.